No. 17: Mike Renfro's Amazing No Catch

For the younger generation, there was a time in the NFL when referees would make a horrible call on the field and those at home could watch the blunder over and over and gripe over the need for instant replay.

As we have seen recently, instant replay doesn't solve everything.

Still, it would have allowed Mike Renfro to add this touchdown reception to his resume. Renfro ended up being ruled out of bounds and the Oilers lost this 1979 AFC title game to the Steelers 27-13.

No. 16: New England Patriots Get Hosed

The 1976 NFL playoff game between the Raiders and Patriots was mired by a controversial finish.

In the video, you can see a play that still has Patriots fans a little uncomfortable with roughing the passer calls.

On a third-and-18 play, referee Ben Dreith called Pats' Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton for roughing against Ken Stabler, giving the Raiders a first down late in the fourth quarter. They would score a touchdown a few moments later with seconds remaining to win 24-21.

No. 8: Brett Hull in the Crease

Photo Credit: Buffalo Sabres

Game 6 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals featured one of the most controversial calls in NHL history. Dallas Stars forward Brett Hull scored a goal despite clearly having a skate in the crease, which was illegal at the time.

What made a controversial call all the more emotional is it came in the third overtime of what was the decisive sixth game, sending the Buffalo Sabres packing with the worst of tastes in their mouths.

No. 7: Jim Joyce

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This one is important to place in this list of official gaffes and missteps. It reminds us that, in the end, these are all just games and mean very little when you consider the people making these calls.

Jim Joyce ruined a perfect game on June 2, 2010, from then-Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga, and he later found that out.

After looking at the play at first base again, he saw what he had just done and lost it. He was visibly shaken and apologized to Galarraga.

In the end, pitcher and umpire made amends with the world getting some perspective. It was a horrible call, one of the worst.

No. 1: 1972 Olympic Basketball Game

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The U.S. came from behind in the 1972 final at the Summer Olympics in what should have been a beautiful story.

Instead, it turned into a chaotic mess that ended with Doug Collins having to shoot a free throw with a buzzer in his ear, the Russian team getting three chances to inbound the ball as well as time being stopped for them to start the play.

More than 40 years later, the members of the U.S. team have failed to claim the silver medals as theirs.